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Title
Aerial View of Lick Observatory
Contributor
Gordon, Ronald (photographer) (Creator)
Date Created and/or Issued
1970-12-17
Contributing Institution
San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
John C. Gordon Photographic Collection
Rights Information
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Description
Aerial view of the main building of the Lick Observatory in the snow. The dormitory, surrounded by trees, is located to the northeast of the small dome.
This aerial photograph was likely taken by Gordon's eldest Ronald Gordon, an aerial photographer.
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
John C. Gordon Photographic Collection, MSS-1996-03-29, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
8 x 10 in.
Identifier
filename: jcg_lick_observatory_008
islandora: 78_1562
Subject
Business & Industry
Astronomical observatories
Aerial photographs
Mountains
Domes
Dormitories
Snow
Lick Observatory
Place
Mount Hamilton Range
California
Relation
John C. Gordon Photograph Collection
Series I, Box 6, Folder: Lick Observatory

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